For nearly seventy years, Yayoi Kusama made a single act, the repeated dot, painted, sewn, sculpted, mirrored into infinity, into one of the great artistic languages of our time. She died on August 14th in Tokyo, at the age of 97. In the days since,...
“Beauty is the harmony of function and form.” – Alvar Aalto, pioneer of modern architecture and furniture design Often defined as practical use or purpose, function is typically seen as separate from aesthetic appeal. With the design world constantly discussing style over function versus function above...
“The true allure of the Louis XVI style lies in its flawless execution. It marks a moment in France when the finest hands and minds converged—the greatest artisans, visionary artists, master furniture makers, carpenters, gilders, and silk weavers. It was an era that distilled the...
Architect Luca Bombassei's 15th-century Palazzo Contarini Corfù overlooking the Grand Canal belongs in a category all its own. It is nearly 6,500 square feet of light-flooded rooms, three exposures, and five centuries of Venetian memory, reimagined by a collector who refuses to let any single...
"Classicism is health." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Classicism is not a single style but a recurring instinct. It is the belief that order, symmetry, and the architecture of antiquity are the truest expressions of power and taste. In France, this instinct surfaced again and again across...
Summer is especially magical in Venice. The light turns thick and golden over the lagoon and on the island of Murano, a maestro is pulling a molten ribbon of color from the furnace that will outlast the season by a century. At Jean-Marc Fray Antiques,...